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“Do I attract you?Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?Am I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:15:24 +1000

“Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?”

lauded: New Zealand

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:25 +1000

lauded:

New Zealand

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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:28 +1000

travelingcolors: Botanical Garden, Lisbon | Portugal (by...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:28 +1000

travelingcolors:

Botanical Garden, Lisbon | Portugal (by Zanthia)

Couple files groundbreaking lawsuit over child’s sexual-reassignment surgery

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:58 +1000

Couple files groundbreaking lawsuit over child’s sexual-reassignment surgery:

An intersex child’s parents are suing the state for irreparable harm caused by the medically unnecessary surgery

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Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:28 +1000

"It is disgusting. We are told to love sex but never masturbate or fool around. To love our bodies..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:45:29 +1000

“It is disgusting. We are told to love sex but never masturbate or fool around. To love our bodies but we have to be hairless, thin, have boobs, and to never wear make up to cover our flaws. We can like sports and watch them but we can’t play them unless they are toned down and pretty enough to be oggled at. We can be nerds but we can’t be TOO smart or we forget our place. We are told we need a prince charming and to seek him out by constantly changing ourselves and being perfect for him. We are given the message that outside beauty is what matters the most but if we have it and get successful it was because we have a pretty face. We are told we exaggerate and should just go with it when we complain of being objects and property. We are taught that being a woman is worthy of an insult… WE have to fear walking at night. WE have to go in a group if we need to use the bathroom in a strange place. WE have to be cautious of where we are and who we are with. That we are told to hush and get over it if we are assaulted because real life isn’t like the crime shows and it is harder to convict the assaulter. That female artists are degraded and yelled at in artist alleys. That you are judged just by how you wear a t-shirt.”

- (via electric-wish)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:28 +1000

daintyblackpegasus: blackgirlsrpretty2: I don’t know what...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:45:13 +1000

daintyblackpegasus:

blackgirlsrpretty2:

I don’t know what most white people in this country feel but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions. James Baldwin on The Dick Cavett Show [X]

^^^^!!!!!!!!

I will reblog this every single time it crosses my dash without fail because this is at the heart of basically any discussion about racism that I will ever have.

petitesurrealiste: appropriately-inappropriate: I encourage...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:12 +1000

petitesurrealiste:

appropriately-inappropriate:

I encourage my followers and anyone interested to visit this blog [“The Invisible Men”]. As is already indicated in the above screenshot, it offers the perspective of the Johns/”punters” who purchase the services of women to sexually perform for them. Usually the perspective that is brought to the forefront of discussions and viewpoints on sex work and the sex industry is that of the workers with typically positive experiences. The choice of women who are privileged enough to willingly, enthusiastically and consensually engage in the industry is paraded yet rarely, it seems, do people inquire about the mindset and motivations of the men who are active with these women. What is going on in HIS HEAD, what about HIS CHOICE?

I warn you in advance, this blog contains first person accounts of rapists and (IMO, unsurprisingly) raging, remorseless misogynists. Visit if you want to broaden you understanding of the dynamics in this industry in regards to the experiencing of male Johns and female workers. Visit if you want to broaden your understanding beyond just being exposed to a veil of glamor or positivity that keeps many people ignorant to how violent/abusive and yes, degrading it can be. - G.G

Take those warnings seriously, guys.

read this blog if you need to throw up.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:16 +1000

police: THIS IS THE POLICE! OPEN YOUR DOOR NOW!!!

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:15 +1000

police:THIS IS THE POLICE! OPEN YOUR DOOR NOW!!!
me: not with that attitude

iamnoones-exception: Signal Hill, St. John’s, NewfoundlandMay...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:45:14 +1000

iamnoones-exception:

Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland
May 3rd, 2013

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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:13 +1000

"As a writer I am fortunate to be given a public platform to express my views. Nonetheless, I find..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:14 +1000

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As a writer I am fortunate to be given a public platform to express my views. Nonetheless, I find that whenever I write on issues of race and religion, I face such a strong backlash; it leaves me wondering if my work would attract the same hostility had a white woman penned it.

In one article, I criticised Israel’s treatment of black Ethiopian Jews, only to have readers dismiss me as “biased” and “pushing another agenda” on the basis of my surname. As if an Arab is intrinsically incapable of objective, critical thought.

When I wrote about the blatant, and much-criticised , whitewashing in the film The Impossible, I was accused of “playing the race card” and having “an ulterior motive”.

Most recently, I lamented the direction of excessively patriotic Anzac Day commemorations, and was beset by furious readers who informed me that as a “foreigner” I had no right to talk about the Anzacs. Many wanted to know why I “even came here”. For what it’s worth, I was two when my parents fled the Lebanese Civil War. I am now in my 30s and have been a citizen since the age of seven. I have never considered myself a foreigner in this my country.

It seems to me there will always be a portion of the population that will regard me with suspicion. To them, I will always be the “other”. In this I am reminded of the powerful words of black lesbian feminist Audre Lorde: “I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the front upon which I must battle these forces of discrimination, wherever they appear to destroy me. And when they appear to destroy me, it will not be long before they appear to destroy you.”

”

- ‘When racism becomes a white person’s issue’ - Ruby Hamad, http://www.dailylife.com.au, 16th May 2013

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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:11 +1000

paintdoktahwho: I HAVE TO DO IT I HAVE NO CHOICE

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:45:18 +1000

paintdoktahwho:

I HAVE TO DO IT

I HAVE NO CHOICE

[insert literary reference]: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:31 +1000

[insert literary reference]: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?:

literaryreference:

You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he wants to be your friend.

But…

vertical-tiger: Awesome art prints: “Slaughterhouse Starlets”...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:10 +1000

vertical-tiger:

Awesome art prints: “Slaughterhouse Starlets” by Keith P. Rein